Anita. Good-night, Jolly Jack Frost, good-night. Oh, it's the most wonderful secret in all the world. And won't the leetla children be glad to know that old Santa Claus has not forgotten them. He said that Santa Claus was coming tonight in the air ship, and it's got to be true, it's just got to be true.
Enter Tomasso from R., carrying violin.
Tomasso. Anita, if you don't hurry you'll not get any supper at all. It's most eight o'clock.
Anita. Oh, I don't care for supper, Tomasso. I could-a not eat. I'm too much excited to eat.
Tomasso. What make-a you so excited, Anita?
Anita. Why, tonight—(pauses as she remembers her promise) Oh, that I cannot tell; it's a secret.
Tomasso. What is the secret?
Anita. If I told-a you, Tomasso, then it would no longer be a secret.
Tomasso. You should-a not have the secrets from me, Anita. I am your cousin, also—I am the head of the family.
Anita. But I made the promise not to tell.